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Olympian opens sporting exhibitions at Spelthorne Museum

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Published 14.06.2011 09:14 Two new exhibitions on ‘Sport in Spelthorne’ and ‘Surrey’s Sporting Life’ were officially opened on Saturday 4 June in Spelthorne Museum, which is located within Staines Library. The exhibitions are part of the cultural Olympiad events to celebrate Surrey’s sporting heritage and mark the countdown to London 2012. The openings were attended by several Spelthorne councillors. The exhibitions were opened by Staines resident Bill Nankeville, who ran for Great Britain in the last London Olympics in 1948, as well as at Helsinki in 1952. Bill, who was part of a World Record breaking relay team with Roger Bannister and Chris Chataway spoke about his participation in the Olympics and brought along his medals from the event. Surrey’s Sporting Life exhibition is displayed in the Elmsleigh room and can be accessed Monday-Saturday during library opening hours until 18 June.  The exhibition will then be touring around Surrey, but will be back in Spelthorne on 24 September at Shepperton Village Hall from 10-4pm at a Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society event to celebrate the society’s 60th Anniversary. The Sport in Spelthorne exhibition is displayed in the Thames Room and includes the history of many of the sports clubs throughout the borough and will be displayed until the end of the year.  This will be open on a Wednesday and Friday 2-4pm and Saturday 1.30-4.30pm. Museum spokesman Nick Pollard commented ‘We were delighted to be able to invite along Bill Nankeville to open the exhibitions. He has some very interesting stories about his participation in the Olympics and is a real local link with the last London Olympics. We hope the displays will encourage the local community to find out just what a rich sporting heritage the borough and the county have’. Media enquiries to 01784 444260/446297

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